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Mars

TED talk on possible life on Mars

https://www.ted.com/talks/armando_azua_bustos_the_most_martian_place_on_earth#t-278412

Astronomy

The Nine (Eight) Planets

http://nineplanets.org/
Welcome To The Planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
NSSDC: Lunar and Planetary Science

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/
NASA Home Page

http://www.nasa.gov
NASA Science

http://nasascience.nasa.gov/
solar system info
diagram of kuiper belt and Oort cloud

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/solar_system_info.html
Solar System Exploration
NASA site about our solar system

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
Windows on the Universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/dwarf_planets/haumea.html
european space agency

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Planetsandmoons.html
sedna article

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/planet_like_body.html
Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/main/index.html#.Up5FXdK-rlw
shade comforts guide to solar system

http://www.shadecomforts.com/education/a-comprehensive-guide-to-our-solar-system.html
dwarf planets - space.com

http://www.space.com/15216-dwarf-planets-facts-solar-system-sdcmp.html
space facts - dwarf planets

http://space-facts.com/dwarf-planets/
more SEDNA info

http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/dwarf-planet-sedna.htm
go astronomy planet/dwarf planet

http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets.htm
outer planets & Dwarfs

http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/index.php

Astronomy Interactives

Hertzsprung Russel Interactive

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/hr_diagram.html
HR interactive second part

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/hr_interactive.html
aspire interactives

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/index.html

Ecology

Organism Project Sites

Sea World

http://www.seaworld.org
University of Michigan: Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
World Wildlife Fund: Wild Finder

http://worldwildlife.org/wildfinder/
Oakland Zoo (click on "Animals A to Z)

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/
PBS: Natureworks (click on Nature Files)

http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nw4.htm
Indianapolis Zoo

http://www.indyzoo.com/
NSW
australian animals and plants

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/animals/NativeAnimalFactSheetsByTitle.htm
Treehelp.com
blue spruce description

http://www.treehelp.com/trees/spruce/spruce-types-colorado-blue.asp
Bird Guide
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
desert organisms

http://desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/
NOAA organism site

http://noaa.ocean.com/
University of California Museum of Paleontology
search the web site using common or scientific names

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/index.php

Other Ecology Topics

InfoPlease
Carolus Linnaeus

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0829886.html
Classification of Animals
Linneaus Classification System

http://www.indianchild.com/animal_kingdom.htm
Cool Science for Curious Kids (HHMI)

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/
Six Kingdoms

http://www.ric.edu/ptiskus/Six_Kingdoms/Index.htm

quiz practice links

Gould League Food Webs
Use to practice identifying herbivore, omnivore, carnivore

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
scholastic Food Web
use to practice food web - but you start by making the arrows backwards then they flip once you connect the organisms

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/foodweb_play.htm
Teachers Domain Food Web
Another practice for food webs

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_oceanfoodweb/

Geology

earthquake and fault animations

USGS - What is a fault?

https://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/sfgeo/quaternary/stories/what_fault.html
Virtual Earthquake

http://www.sciencecourseware.org/virtualearthquake/vquakeexecute.html
seismic waves and Earth's interior

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/Labs/SeismicWaves/
Fault and Earthquake Animations

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html
P and S wave animation

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm
Exploring Earth Fault Animations
We will not make their distinction between thrust and reverse faults

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1103/es1103page01.cfm

Landform Project Sites

Volcano World

http://volcano.und.edu/
USGS Geology Homepage

http://geology.usgs.gov/
USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

http://www.noaa.gov/
USGS Home Page

http://www.usgs.gov/
Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian

http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/index.cfm

Other geology Sites

global climate change

Wise 3.0 home page

http://sail-portal.concord.org/webapp/index.html
EPA Global Warming Kids

http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Ecological Footprint calculator

http://www.islandwood.org/kids/impact/footprint/footprint.php
Climate Change Simulation

http://www.globalwarminginteractive.com/simulation/sdev/
Polar Discovery

http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/
JPL Climate Change Website

http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/
Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

http://pumas.jpl.nasa.gov/examples/layout.asp?Document_Id=02_10_97_1
NASA Weather Vs. Climate

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html

interactives and videos

Water Vapor circulations on Earth

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_cloudprecip/
Nova Climate Change

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_climatechange/
Taking the Earth's Temperature

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_vid_earthstemp/
Examine Global Surface Currents

http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/ess05/ess05_int_globalsurf/index.html
GW: Carbon Dioxide & the Greenhouse Effect - experiment

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/phy03_vid_co2/
CO2 Concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaiʻi

http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/ess05/ess05_doc_maunaloadata/ess05_doc_maunaloadata.pdf
Greenland Ice Sheet: A Record of Climate Change

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_greenland/

Renewable Energy

teacher sites